Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SHIM, DAVID M.

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1626 1629

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.8%
Allow Rate
-2.2% vs TC avg
128
Total Applications
+55.9%
Interview Lift
1069
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 90 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
37.4%
§103 Obviousness
35.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18845718 NOVEL TAFAMIDIS SYNTHESIS METHOD Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18240392 EXATECAN-DERIVED TOPOISOMERASE-1 INHIBITORS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
19341379 LOW-SORBING GLYBURIDE FORMULATION AND METHODS Final Rejection REMEDY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18735506 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR METASTASIS AND TUMORIGENESIS Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18250798 ARYL DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING TRPM3 MEDIATED DISORDERS Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
18850466 TYK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18696960 PIKFYVE KINASE INHIBITOR Non-Final OA HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
18516710 SPIRO COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co., Ltd.

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